Assistant Manager, Transaction Tax Compliance

Why Ryan

• Global Award-Winning Culture

• Flexible Work Environment

• Generous Paid Time Off

• World-Class Benefits and Compensation

• Rapid Growth Opportunities

• Company Sponsored Two-Way Transportation

• Exponential Career Growth

Job Summary:

The Assistant Manager works with Team Leaders Tax Specialists Sr. Tax Associates Tax Associates Consultants Managers Directors and Principals in India and US to lead Tax Compliance services for various clients which includes Tax return filing return preparations client setups cleansing data manage Tax bill verification payment administration refund data processing tracking and logging notices Business license processing tracking & renewals and
preparation of Sales & Use Tax Returns reports reconciliation/ quality control methods and review work of the team. Format perform a thorough review and reconcile the data with source data from the client. They will provide regular and timely feedback on career management with career pathing to the respective team members while engaging them with Core jobs.

Duties and responsibilities as they align to Ryans Key Results

People:

• Coaching and mentoring team members while defining their career paths
• Responsible for people and performance management
• Manages personnel (assignments position requests etc.)
• Identify and conducts training on new tasks & refresher training as required
• Manages practice group needs (equipment supplies software training etc.)
• Plan work allocation and manage projects on a day to day basis.

Client:

• Responsible for delivering SLAs & KPIs
• Responds to U.S. stakeholder inquiries and requests from taxing agencies
• Manages all aspects of the compliance process and reports status and results to U.S. stakeholders
• Prepare reports as per the requirements from U.S. consultants/Managers
• Collaborate with other AMs and above on Firm wide organizational initiatives
• Leads process related calls representing India operations.

Value:

• Manages and monitors all aspects of the monthly sales tax compliance cycle
• Maintain process documentation and ensure the team follows the same
• Maintains the sales tax calendar
• Manages the preparation review and processing of tax returns & notices
• Manages and assists in the preparation of tax returns
• Create reports and process metrics and prepare necessary project management tools
• Acquiring and validating tax rate information imposed by the Jurisdictions
• Preparation of annual/biennial reports and auditing of Geocodes
• Assigning the business license copies received from jurisdictions to the Ryan workflows/Applications
• Filing of Sales & Use Tax Returns via paper and EDI for the various clients
• Supports Business license renewals preparations & registrations
• Leads efforts on knowledge management and cross training reports out PPI& IPI index scores
• Performs quality assurance as required
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Masters or Bachelors Degree in Finance/ Commerce/ Accounting/ Business
• 8 years of experience in U.S. Sales & Use Tax domain.

Other skills:

• At least 4 years of Team handling experience as a supervisor
• Good understanding of Taxation concepts and excellent analytical & problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform quality assurance review prepare procedural documents and metrics as required
• High attention to detail and ability to meet strict deadlines
• Expertise in Project Management & Quality Management
• Ability to set up performance benchmarks for team and targeting entitlement levels in terms of team as well as individual performance
• Innovative and critical thinking in driving process improvements and operational cost reduction
• Expertise in preparing and reporting out Monthly / Weekly /Quarterly / Half yearly and Annual dashboards.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word Access Excel PowerPoint Outlook and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Desirable: CMI from IPT

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran